Reel-support.



L. A. GASGRAIN.

REEL SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25, 1906.

1,001,815. Patented Aug. 29, 1911.

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LOUIS A. csseaam, or BEVERLY, iuhssacnusn'rrs, ASSIGNORV TO nnrrnn SHOE,MACHINEIW COMPANY, 01? rA'rEnsoN, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION or NEWJmsEv. i

REEL-SUPPORT.

original a lication. flled February 1c, 1906, Serial No. 301,473.

September 25, 1906. Serial No. 336,152.

' Specification of Letters Patent. Pa,tented Aug. 29, 1911; Divided andthis application filed To all whom it. concern: I

Be it known that I, LOUIS A. CASGRAIN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Beverly, in the county .ofEssex and Coni- 5 monwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certainImprovements 1n Reel-Supports, of

whiehthefollowing description, in connection. with the accompanyingdrawings, is a for reels, designed for holding wire which isto be formedinto fastenings'. 'or slugs and inserted into stock.

The" formof support of this invention is particularly useful inconnection with a machine for inserting metall c iastemngs in a Hplurality of rows, such, for example ,as shown in my application, SerialNo. 301,473,

filed February 16, 1906, from which, thispresent application is adivision.

'. The object of the invention is to provide a reel support soconstructed that other sup ports, pre erably similarly constructed, maybe-rcmovably sustained thereby. With such a construction the operator'is enabled to provide the inserting machine at will with a singlestrand or with a plurality of strands of wire, as may be deslred for'the class of work to be performed, without dis- I strands already in useor those to remain in use.

' The preferable manner of mountinga plurality of reels is one above theother so that the axis of one support forms a continuationof the axis ofanother and to this end the sup ports are preferably formedat one endwith a bearing and with the other end "shaped to fit a correspondinglyshaped bearing on another support so that they may be mounted 40 end toend. W ith such a construction the most convenient manner of leadin thevarious strands 'ofwire/ from .the'colls to the inserting mechanism "ofthe machine is centrally ef the-reel sup-pprts and to this end and isprovided with an opening. in. its side through which one, nd of the wirestrand from'the sustained ugel 1s passed.

preferably made tubular.

i plurality of reels "are mounted one above the other.

Referring to the drawing, a preferred fconstruction of reel supportwhereby the 3 number of reels supplying strands of wire to the insertingmechanism of a fasteninginserting machine may be increased or di-.minished at will without disturbing the number of strands already inuse, or the. number of'strands to remain in use, is shown lat A. Thissupport is formed at one end with a bearing B- and. with its other end 0f shapedto fit 1nto a correspondingly shaped bearing on another support.The'support ;@A is also provided. with an anti-friction bearing uponwhich is mormt'ed a reel D, having an open center, of substantially thesame construction as that shown in my prior Patent No. 765,650,.datedJuly 19,

1904. This reel carries a coil of wire E.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, above and below thesupport A' are similar supports A and A which in turn supportreelsD andD carrying coils of wire E and E "These supports are placed end to endso that their axes form one continuous line and as here shown are verti'cally one above the other. With such a construction the most convenientmanner of inserting mechanism of. the machine is centrally of the reelsupports and to this end the supports are preferably made tubular. Asshown the support A is provided with an opening G through its eds. Thefree end of the wire coil E is passed'through a guide F on'the supportA, which guide not only prevents the ,wire from twisting but alsoappliesthe strain exerted on the wire to unwlnd the same in such direction asto the reel, and is then passed through the opening .G andthence'downward through the reel support to the machine. Each of theother supports is similarly provided 1 with the openings and wire guidesjust described.

manner of forming the-bearing B is to taper as to form substantially atapered socket insure rotation of the wire coil and with it the innersurface ofthe tube at one end so leading the strands of wire 6, e, e tothe 1 With the tubular siipport, a. convenient I 55 ters Patent of theUnited States is into which one end of another support may be inserted.With this construction the end C of the tubular support is also tapered,but on its outer surface. Preferably the tapered portion C is less inlength then the for example a hardened steel annulus J may from itssupport,

be placed in the bottom of the raceway between the balls and the metalof the reel support. Means is provided for retaining the balls in placewhen the reel is removed As here shown, such means comprlse an annulus Kresting on top the balls and held loosely in place, so as to revolvewith the balls, in any convenient manner, as by a split ring L which inthis instance is shown as a wire partly embedded in the reel support.The supports A and A are each provided with similar partsto.

those just described.v The rotatable annulus K also prevents wear of thetop plate'of the reel. v

Some means must be provided upon the machine for supporting the variousreels and this may be a socket M, of a similar shape to the bearings inthe reel supports, which may be formed either in the machine frame, orin a bracket or arm N mounted on the frame. tween the different supportsmay be prevented by any suitable means as, for example, a pin 0 on onemember entering a slot or recess P in the other. In the constructionshown four of such slots or recesses are provided'permitting a rotativeadustment between the supports.

Obviously the reels need not necessarily be mounted vertically one abovethe other, but the axes of'the combined reel supports may be placedhorizontally if desired and in this instance the strands of wire neednot necessarily be led to the machine centrally of the supports.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let- 1. A support, a reel rotatably mounted thereon, a secondsupport sustained by the.

tially vertical alinement.

, 2. A tubular support, a reel mounted to xrotate thereon, a secondtubular support socketed'in the first support, and a reel Relativerotative movement beit is mounted to. rotate upon thesecond support,each support being provided with a wire guide and an opening throughwhich wire is continuous tube formed by the supports.

3. A plurality of tubular supports con-.

structed and arranged to be jointed to one another and a reel rotatablymounted upon each support, provision being made for conducting wire fromsaidreels into the continuous tube formed by said supports."

4. A tubular support, a reel rotatably mounted thereon, a second tubularsupport in. interlocking engagement with the first support and a, reelrotatably mounted on the second support, provision being made forconducting wire from said reels into, the continuoustube'formed by saidsupports.

5. A plurality of tubular supports each provided with an opening throughits slde, constructed and arranged to be jomtedto each other end to end,and a reel upon each support.

6. A sectional. sup

ort for a plurality of conducted from the associated reel to the reelscomprising a p urality of like tubular sections arranged one uponanother, each section beingv provided with a reel bearmg and each havingone end shaped for mterlocking engagement with the opposite end ofanother section,'provision bemg also made for conducting w1re from eachof the reels into the tube'formed by said sect1ons. I

7. A sectional support for a plurahty of reels comprising a plurality ofl1ke tubular sections arranged o'ne upon another, each section beingprovided with a reelbearmg and each section having each of 1ts endsshaped for interlocking engagement with the respective opposite ends ofother sections, provision being also. made for con-- ducting wire fromeach ofthe reels into the tube formed by said sections.

8. A reel support having at one end a tapered socket and tapered at 1tsotherend to fit. an opening corresponding to sa d socket, said taperedP0111011 bemg less n length than .the depth of the socket. v

9.. A tubular support, a reel rotatably mounted upon said support, asecond tubular support mounted on the first support, and a reelrotatably mounted on sa1dsecond support, said supports being provided)with openings through which wire may beintro-v duced from said reelsinto the continuous tube formed by said supports. I

10. Areel having an open cent er,a tubular support extending through theopen center and provided at 1ts upper end w th a bearing onwhich thereel is rotatably mounted, and an opening formed in the; side of saldsupport-through which the wlre p'a sses as drawn from a coil sustainedin said "reel.

11. A reel havijrig an open center, a tu Il -f lar support extendingthrough the open center and provided at its upper end with a bearingsaid reel having a top plate rota- In testimony whereof I have signed mytably mounted on said bearing, said support name to this specificationin the presence of having an opening formed in its side two subscribingwitnesses. through which the wire passes as it is drawn LOUIS A.CASGRAIN.

5 from a coil sustained in said reel, and a Witnesses:

bearing in the upper end of said support for H. DORSEY SPENCER, 4sustainlng the support for a second reel. ARTHUR L. RUSSELL.

